Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Close encounters of the book kind

A little late in the year, I admit, but I have joined an online book challenge to read 25 books in 2009. I wanted to join a book club, but this is not the town to join nor start one, as most are illiterate, or at least unwilling to get involved in anything run by the white cop's wife. I really enjoy thinking about what I'm reading, and that often means stopping, underlining, rereading and leaving nuggets to float around my mind for awhile, usually to be revisited that night as I wander into sleep. I like questioning a book's themes and characters' motives. I like finding patterns I can apply to my life. That said, I also enjoy a pure chick lit read once in awhile.I have leisurely made my way through a few books since the calendar switched over to January 2009, and I count these towards my goal.They are:1) The Birth House- Ami McKay2) Remember Me?- Sophie Kinsella3) The Story of Edgar Sawtelle -David Wroblewski4) Twilight -Stephenie Meyer5) I'd Trade my Husband for a Housekeeper- Trisha Ashworth and Amy Nobile6) The Yummy Mummy Manifesto- Anna JohnsonAnd now I'm rounding the corner on Te Book of Negroes by Canadian (woohoo!) Lawrence Hill.

And these are the books on my "To Order on Amazon" list:1) The Hour I First Believed -Wally Lamb2) The Northern Clemency -Phillip Hensher3) Into Thin Air -Jon Krakauer4) A Long Way Gone -Ishmael Beah5) Little Earthquakes -Jennifer Weiner6) The Shack -W.P. Young7) My Sister's Keeper- Jodi Picoult8) The Next Thing on my List- Jill Smolinski9) The Mommy Chronicles- S. Ellington and S. Triplett10) History of Love- Nicole Krauss11) End of the Alphabet- C.S. Richardson12) Multiple Bles8ings- Kate Gosselin13) Stolen Innocence- Elissa Wall14) The Alchemist- Paolo Coelho15) Wile My Sister Sleeps- B. Delinsky16) Eleanor Rigby- Douglas Coupland17) Girls in Trucks- Katie Crouch18) Marathon Woman- Katerine Switzer19) Tess of the D'Ubervilles- Thomas HardyI know the total works out to more than 25, don't hassel my grade school math teachers. Thoughts on my list? I may review them informally on here because I'm the boss and I can do so if I please.

1 comment:

Just blog hopping and have been enjoying reading your posts in random order. I can relate to a lot of what you write as I have 2 little squirts myself and am a SAHM. To boot, I lived in the Yukon for a few years (Beaver Creek and Whitehorse) so I know what you are talking about with the communities :)

Anyway, just wanted to add a book to this list for you if you haven't already read it (this post is pretty old but oh well, pretend I'm on Yukon time!). "It sucked and then I cried" by Heather Armstrong (Dooce.com). Very funny stuff.